Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV- MIMAROPA
Division of Oriental Mindoro

LESSON PLAN
FIVE BROTHERS, ONE MOTHER FROM MANY MANSIONS’ EXIE ABOLA (ESSAY)

Date Time Section

July 18, 2017 12:30-2:30 Gr. 11 GAS 1
July 18, 2017 12:30-2:30 Gr. 11 GAS 2
July 20, 2017 12:30-2:30 Gr. 11 ABM and STEM

I. OBJECTIVES:
1. Compare and contrast the various 21st century literary genres from those
of earlier periods, citing their elements, structures and traditions.
2. Contrast the said elements and conventions with Philippine essays from
earlier periods.
II. SUBJECT MATTER:

Topic: Five Brothers, One Mother from Many Mansions’ Exie Abola
(Essay)
Code: EN12-Lit-ID-25
Materials: Laptop, Manila paper, marker

III. Procedure:

A. Daily Routine
 Prayer
 Checking of attendance
 Classroom management
B. Review
Ask the following questions to the learners.
1. What is a metaphor?
2. In the peom, Padre Faura Witnesses the Execution of Rizal, to what
heavenly body did the author compare Rizal? Why?
3. What are the contributions of Rizal in Philippine society?

C. Motivation
Picture-Word Association
The teacher will show pictures of home, and he will ask the student to
describe the picture and express their ideas.
 D. Adaptations
Read the essay: Five Brothers, One Mother from Many Mansions by Exie Abola
(Manila)
E. Group Activity
a. Think-pair-share on the description of the kind of house that you have.
b. Share about four things that you love about your home.
c. What does the advent of social media like facebook and tweeter mean to our
concept of being “at home”
d. OFWs are often separated from family members geographically, how can
this affect how we view home?
e. How does Abola’s essay dramatize the saying “home is where the heart is”?

IV. Evaluation
Students will post a blog on their FB wall an answer to:
1. What defines home to you?
2. If you need to leave where you were staying now, what would you do
to make yourself at home?
3. How do you see your home thirty years from now?
Prepared by:
RONIEL D. PLACIDO
Teacher II (SHS)

Checked by:

MS. AGNES G. ARGUILLES

Head Teacher III
SHS Coordinator
Noted by:

MR. EDGARDO J. VILLARBA

Principal I